Weekly Genealogy Picks

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heritage, and Technology.

• In Dealing with Monster Files James Tanner at Genealogy's Star discusses what to do when you 'inherit' a pedigree with thousands of names.

• For the Huffington Post, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak shares 10 Things You Didn't Know about Rachel Maddow's Roots

• In Who Fought The American Revolution Part II and Part III Arlene Eakle continues to catalog the various participants and resources for research on each.

• Michael John Neill at Genealogy Tip of the Day reminds us You Are Not Your Ancestor's Judge.

• On October 2nd, the Document of the Day at the National Archives was Robert E Lee's Amnesty Oath 

Poetry

• Double Helix: Memories of Me - by Wynne Huddleston - at Poetry24

Carnivals, etc.

• Bill West at West in New England announced the Fourth Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge, with entries due November 18th 

• The 122nd edition of the Carnival of Genealogy was published by Jasia at CreativeGene. The theme was School Humor. The theme for the 123rd edition will be Birthdays, with entries due November 1.

Other Weekly Lists

• Diane Haddad's Genealogy News Corral at Genealogy Insider
• Randy Seaver's Best of the Genea-Blogs at Genea-Musings
• Julie Cahill Tarr's Friday Finds at GenBlog
• Dan Curtis's Monday's Link Roundup at Professional Personal Historian

Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks

Two Week Calendar

Oct 7 - Shemini Atzeret (Jewish holiday) - Oct 7 (sunset) to Oct 8 (sunset)
Oct 7-13 - National Fire Prevention Week (US and Canada)
Oct 8 - Simchat Torah (Jewish holiday) - Oct 8 (sunset) to Oct 9 (sunset)
Oct 8 - Thanksgiving (Canada)
Oct 8 - Columbus Day (US)
Oct 9 - Leif Erikson Day (US)
Oct 9 - National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)
Oct 10 - World Mental Health Day
Oct 11 - General Pulaski Memorial Day
Oct 11 - Old Michelmas Day (Celtic)
Oct 14 - World Standards Day
Oct 15 - Global Handwashing Day
Oct 15 - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day (US and Canada)
Oct 16 - Boss's Day (US and Canada)
Oct 16-23 - Navaratri (Hindu festival)
Oct 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct 18 - St. Luke's Feast Day (Christian)
Oct 18 - Persons Day (Canada)
Oct 20 - Birth of the Báb (Baha'i)
Oct 20 - Installation of Scripture as Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)